Embraer EMB-120RT accident near Monroe, MI

On January 9, 1997, an Embraer EMB-120RT (airplane) was involved in an accident near Monroe, MI. 29 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.

Date

January 9, 1997

Place

Monroe, MI

Aircraft

Embraer EMB-120RT · Airplane

Injuries

29 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor

Damage

Destroyed

Position

41.910°N, 83.380°W

NTSB ID

20001208X07277

Official records · DCA97MA017

• Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
• Investigation page: status, final report and safety recommendations

Air traffic control records

• ATC 3 - Factual Report of Group Chairman: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov
• ATC 3 - Attachment 1 - Preliminary Notice/Notification Record: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov
• ATC 3 - Attachment 2 - FAA Report of Aircraft Accident: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov
• ATC 3 - Attachment 3 - Transcripts: Transcript (PDF), on ntsb.gov
• ATC 3 - Attachment 4 - ATIS: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov

NTSB summary

On January 9, 1997, Comair flight 3272, an Embraer EMB-120RT, N265CA, crashed while being vectored for approach to runway 3R at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport. The flight was operated under Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 135 and carried 26 passengers and 3 crew members. There were no survivors, and the airplane was destroyed by impact forces and a post crash fire. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident.

Probable cause

The Federal Aviation Adminstration's (FAA) failure to establish adequate aircraft certification standards for flight in icing conditions, the FAA's failure to ensure that at Centro Tecnico Aeroespacial/FAA-approved procedure for the accident airplane's deice system operation was implemented by U.S.-based air carriers, and the FAA's failure to require the establishment of adequate minimum airspeeds

From Wikipedia

Comair Flight 3272 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight operated by Comair from Cincinnati International Airport in Kentucky to Detroit Metropolitan Airport in Michigan. On January 9, 1997, at 15:54 EST, while on approach for landing, the Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia aircraft crashed nose-down 18 miles (29 km) southwest of Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, killing all 29 people on board.

The cause of the crash was determined to be inadequate and out-of-date flight crew procedures for icing conditions. Some of these originated with the Federal Aviation Administration's failure to specify suitable minimum airspeeds for icing conditions, while some were Comair procedure manual defects, including superseded instructions on the use of de-icing boots that did not follow the aircraft manufacturer's instructions.

Text from Wikipedia, “Comair Flight 3272”, CC BY-SA 4.0; shortened to the introduction. Authors.

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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.